Himself a devoted follower of Isaac Walton and a sportsman of degree,
John Lang, Jr., adopted as his life's work the ministering to the
comforts of his fellow angler and nimrods. The result has been the
establishing in Saugerties of one of the finest sporting goods houses in
this section of the country, where anything and everything in the line
of material of the best is always at the command of the individual or
association of hunters and fishermen. With intimate attention to this
ever-expanding business he has also had time and taken pleasure in
civic, fraternal and social activities, in all of which activities he
has made a host of friends and well wishers. His knowledge of the crafts
he himself loves is of great service to others, and word-of-mouth
advertising of his headquarters and its contents has brought to him an
ever-growing trade. His fellow-citizens hands sportsmen unite in saying
he deserves it all.

John Lang, Jr., was born in Saugerties, August 26, 1876, a son of
John Lang, a retired blacksmith and living in Saugerties at the age of
seventy-eight years, and Gertrude (Seibold) Lang, who was born in New
York City, of German parents. The father was a native of Germany, having
been born in Wurttenburg, emigrating to the United States in 1850 with
his parents. John Lang's maternal grandfather was a soldier in the Union
Army during the Civil War, serving two enlistments in the New York
Zouaves. He was captured and imprisoned at Andersonville, where he died.
His body now lies in the Andersonville cemetery, his life given to his
adopted country.

John Lang, Jr., was educated in the Saugerties public schools, upon
completion of which he went to sea, being engineer on a private yacht
that plied its haughty and idle way on Atlantic waters between Maine,
Florida and Cuba. After three years of this life he returned to
Saugerties, where he established himself in the sporting goods business,
continuing it since, and always enlarging as trade demanded. The walls
of his store, which is the rendezvous for sportsmen from far and near,
are ornamented with magnificent trophies of the forest, field, and
stream, most of the gathered by himself in his many trips into the
wilderness. He is independent in politics and has never sought office,
although taking a sincere interest in the political activities of the
community in which he lives and labors. He attends Trinity Episcopal
Church and is a member of the Improved Order of Red men, Independent
Order of Odd Fellows, and Free and Accepted Masons. He was the first
president of the Saugerties Fish and Game Club and is a member of the
Ulster County fish and Game Club.

John Lang, Jr., married, in Saugerties, August 3, 1904, Jennie
Knight, daughter of John Knight, who operated a boat service on Esopus
Creek, and of Elizabeth (Ede) Knight, both natives of England, where
they were married, coming to the Untied States fifty years ago and
settling in Saugerties.

LeROY LOUNSBERRY

His blood rich with Huguenot ancestry, with American forebears
leading in patriotism during the War of the Revolution, LeRoy Lounsberry
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the mission in life for which he seems to have been destined. As a
public-spirited citizen of Ellenville, he stands in the highest rank, as
a legal practitioner his reputation is wide and commendable. He has won
he regard and confidence of the community and has been honored by the
electorate with important office. His youth is still with him, the road
to greater achievement is opened before him. It is the undivided opinion
of all that he will tread it fearlessly and successfully, just as he has
already carved a pathway to his present standing.

LeRoy Lounsberry was born in Brooklyn, New York, May 6, 1893, a son
of William and Ella (Campbell) Lounsberry, of Scotch ancestry and of the
fourth generation in America. William Lounsberry was a real estate
operator in Brooklyn, a son of Llewellyn S. Lounsberry, who was in the
Union Army at the outbreak of the Civil War, was wounded in the battle
of Bull run and died a year later of his injuries. His regiment was the
71st, New York. Joshua Lounsberry, great-grandfather of LeRoy,
was born in Northcastle, Connecticut, in 1745, son of on of four
brothers who came from France with the Huguenots in 1700. The present
family takes special pride in its patriotic ancestry and points to the
story of one of its members, Adrianna Day (Lounsberry), who was
proprietor of a tavern in Murray Street, New York, at the time of the
British occupation. It was from this tavern that the first American flag
to be raised upon the evacuation of the British Army before the ragged
soldiers of George Washington was put up by the hands of Adrianna Day.
ordered by provost Marshal Cunningham to haul it down, she struck him
with a broom and defied him to touch the emblem.

LeRoy Lounsberry was educated in the public schools of New York City
and was afterward graduated from the Kingston Academy, in 1911. He then
took the course at the Albany Law School and was graduated from that
institution with the degree of Bachelor of Laws in 1915. Coming to
Ellenville, he became associated with Judge William D. Cunningham in the
practice of law and continued in that until the appointment of his elder
associate to the bench of the State Court of Claims. This partnership
was resumed upon the retirement of Judge Cunningham, but since 1925 Mr.
Lounsberry has practiced independently. He served as deputy clerk of the
Board of County supervisors for three years ands as special assistant in
the office of the district attorney for five years. On the Republican
ticket he was elected a police justice in 1917 and served on the
Ellenville Draft Board during the World War. He is an adherent of the
Presbyterian Church, and holds membership in the Knights of Pythias,
Junior Order United American mechanics, and Kingston Lodge, No. 550,
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.

CLARENCE M. LOWES

President of one of the leading banks of Long Island, which
institution's resources he has increased almost fifteen-gold since
assuming office, Clarence M. Lowes, of Flushing, is not only one of his
community's foremost financial figures, but he is also one of the
prominent factors in all projects having for their object the
advancement of his fellow-citizens. Mr. Lowes has been particularly
active in working for the local hospital, for which he raised a large
sum of money, in excess of the amount first thought of, and he has given
freely of his time and ability in child welfare work.

Mr. Lowes was born in Brooklyn, July 28, 1872, the son of George and
Margaret (McCord) Lowes, the former a well-known ship-builder and a
native of New York City. He died in 1914; Mrs. Margaret (McCord) Lowes,
passing in 1921. Following his education in the public and high schools
of Brooklyn, Mr. Lowes entered the Dime Savings Bank, of Williamsburgh,
at the age of sixteen years, taking the post of junior clerk. His
ability as a financier was soon recognized and he rose through the
various offices of the institution until, in 1906, he became treasurer.
In 1924 he was made firs vice-president of this bank, his connection
with the concern having continued without intermission for over forty
years. In 1913, Mr. Lowes was elected president of the Flushing national
Bank, At that time the bank's assets were $350,000,. And since taking
the post of president of the institution he has increased the assets to
over five million dollars. In addition to his important duties with the
Flushing National and the Dime Savings Banks, Mr. Lowes is a director of
the Flushing Cooperative Savings & Loan Association, another of Long
Island's leading financial institution. He was also active in the
organization of the Pomonok Country Club, which, starting with assets of
three hundred thousand dollars, could today easily dispose of the club
property for over $1,500,000. This has been made possible by the shrewd
selection of location and the foresight of the organizers. Mr.

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Lowes is an active member of the queens Chamber of Commerce, as well
as of the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce, and is ever alert to lend his
aid to any of the projects advanced by these bodies for the benefit of
the boroughs. He is a member of the National Council of Boy Scouts;
director of the Queensborough Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Children, and first president of the Child Tuberculosis Association. His
chief recreation are gold and fishing, and he is an active member of the
Tuscarora Fishing Club, of Delaware County, with which he has been
affiliated for over fifteen years. among his many business interests,
Mr. Lowes also hold a directorship in the First Mortgage Guarantee
company, of Long Island City.

It was as chairman of the drive for funds for Flushing Hospital that
Mr. Lowes displayed his excellent financial abilities. The drive was
started for the sum of half a million dollars, but splendid organization
secured the sum of $875,000. Although still connected with and
interested in the hospital, Mr. Lowes retired from active work on the
board, in order to avoid the possibility of any factional difficulties,
this step meeting with general regret from those who had been associated
with him in his great work. During the World War, his eloquence, energy
and spirit were in great demand, and he was chairman for Queens county,
and he was speakers for Queens county of "four-minute"
speakers in the selling of Liberty Bonds. The religious affiliations of
Mr. Lowes are with the Congregational Church. He is a leading member of
the flushing United Association, and of the Bankers' club, of Brooklyn.

In 1901, Mr. Lowes married Janet M. Lamb, native of Brooklyn. Mr. and
Mrs. Lowes are the parents of two children: 1. Marvin McCord, a graduate
of William college, Williamstown, Massachusetts, from which institution
he graduated with the highest honors; he has chosen the literary field
for his career. 2. Lorna L., a graduate of Hillside School, Norwalk,
Connecticut.

DR. IRA P. SMITH

Though it is now (1928) twenty-three years since the passing of Dr.
Ira P. Smith, one of the most eminent physicians and surgeons of this
section of New York State, the memory of that distinguished citizen
still is kept green in Steuben County and especially in Bath and its
environs, where his chief activities in this chosen profession were
carried on, and no attempt to chronicle the events and movements which
contributed to the development of that region during his generation
would be complete without some review of his life and services. Together
with his professional activities he was also an ardent church worker and
in his work as teacher of the Henry Hull Bible Class of the Presbyterian
church at Bath he again demonstrated his wroth tot he community, which
altogether made him a humanitarian of the highest order and one whose
deed performed in life are to the county an everlasting reminder of his
life and his works.

Ira P. Smith was the son of William Smith, who removed from Vermont
to Steuben County, new York, at an early date, and he and his wife
passed their lives here, both being representatives of families founded
in New England in the Colonial epoch of our national history. Dr. Ira P.
Smith, whose birth occurred August 19, 1835, was one of four children.
His early education was obtained in the Union Seminary at Rogersville,
his native place, after which he taught school for some time and then
spent one year at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, before
returning to Rogersville, where he studied medicine under Dr. Charles S.
Ackley of that place. He later took a medical course at Albany Medical
School, from which he was graduated in 1859 with degree of Doctor of
Medicine, and then removed to Avoca, where he established himself in
private practice, remaining there until 1862, when he enlisted in the
Union Army, and, with the rank of assistant surgeon served for two
years. He then removed his office to Bath, New York, and this continued
to be the scene of his professional activities until his death; his
pronounced skill in the field of medicine and surgery bringing him well
merited recognition and a large and remunerative patronage. Dr. smith
served as Coroner of Steuben county, and for many years was a member of
the Board of Pension Examiners of Steuben County. At the time of his
death he was health officer of Bath and was the oldest member of the
Steuben County Medial Society, which body he had served in the capacity
of president. Both he and his wife were members of the Presbyterian
church of Bath, in which they were ardent workers, the doctor being a
prominent factor in his duties as instructor of the Henry Hill Bible
Class.

Dr. Smith married Harriet Amelia Smith, granddaughter of Andrew
smith, a native of Scotland, who came to America in 1792 with Colonel
Williamson, the first settler in Steuben county. For some time Andrew
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charge of the farming operation of his friend and associate, Colonel
Williamson, and supervised reclamation of much of the land in Steuben
County. In 1798 he established his home on his farm a short distance
from Bath, and there he resided until his death. He was a man of strong
character and a skillful surveyor, and his name is on the roster of the
sterling pioneers of Steuben County. His son, John J. smith, was also a
successful agriculturist and resided on the home farm. Dr. and Mrs.
Smith were the parents of four children: 1. Alice L., the only surviving
member of the immediate family, is a resident of Bath. 2. Fannie, who
died in infancy. 3. Edward R., deceased. 4. Dr. Douglass H., deceased, a
biography of whom accompanies this review. Mrs. Smith passed away
December 11, 1907, at the age of sixty-five years.

The death of Dr. smith, which occurred May 26, 1905, caused deep
regret to all who knew him, and was a loss to Bath of one of its most
representative citizens, for his life was exemplary in all its phases,
and the example and inspiration of his character is a heritage to all
who knew him.

DR. DOUGLASS HARRY SMITH

The life of Dr. Smith, though comparatively a short one, was crowned
with successful achievement and closed on March 4, 1926, when he had but
reached the age of forty-six. For about twenty years he practiced his
profession Bath, his native place; medicine and surgery in which he rose
to the highest pinnacle being his first and most profound expression,
but together with this particular line of advance he was ever on the
alert and in sympathy with all measures and enterprises projected or the
general welfare of the community, never failing to give his earnest
support to such movements, and thus was recognized as one of Bath's most
valued citizens. A true son of his father who, in his day, held a
position in the foremost ranks with the skilled men of his profession,
Douglass Harry Smith had also in his short career attained the position
of being an outstanding figure in medical and surgical practice in this
section of the State.

Dr. smith was born in Bath, October 22, 1879, son of the late Dr. Ira
P. and Harriet A. Smith, a sketch of whom accompanies this review. The
former for many years had been engaged in the practice of medicine in
Bath. Douglass Harry Smith received his elementary education in the
public schools of his native place and at Haverling Academy, from which
latter institution he was graduated in the class of 1898. For several
yeas he was employed by the Jones Drug Company, and here became a
registered pharmacist. Having, in the meantime, determined to take up
the profession of medicine for his life work, he matriculated in the
medical department of the University of Buffalo, completing the course
and receiving the degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1905. Almost
immediately after graduating he returned to Bath and established himself
in the practice of his profession and continued to practice there until
his death. His clientele grew rapidly, both in his general practice and
in his surgical work, he being a most ardent student, always keeping
abreast of advancement made in the science of his profession and thus
with his knowledge, occupied with his frequently demonstrated accuracy
and skill, he readily attained success and the highest regard and esteem
of all those with whom he came in contact. In private practice he was
associated with Dr. Zeno Selleck, and with Dr. Wynkoop his association
was especially centered in the building of the Bath Hospital, his
medical and surgical skill contributing in no small measure to the high
reputation of this institution among those of its kind throughout this
section of New York State. Dr. Smith was a Fellow of the American
College of Surgeons; member of the American Medical Association;
ex-president of the Steuben Medical Association; and member of Omega
Upsilon Phi fraternity. His professional training was supplemented by
his attendance at the Mayo Clinics at Rochester, Minnesota, and the
valuable knowledge that he obtained there aided him largely in his work.
He was also a member of the International clinic which, in 1925, devoted
several weeks to visiting the prominent medical and surgical centers of
Europe. Here again, he was enabled to become thoroughly informed
concerning the latest methods and discoveries of the profession.

Early in his career he became active in the civic affairs of Bath.
For twelve years he was Coroner of Steuben County; he was a director of
the Farmers' and mechanics' trust company; director of the Salubria
Realty Corporation, which operates the Bath Country club; active in the
Bath Chamber of Commerce; a member of the Bath Automobile Club; Bath
Rotary Club, of which he was a charter member; and belong to the Free
and Accepted Masons. He also held membership in the Steuben Club. His
religious preference was given to the Presbyterian faith and he attended
the First church of this denomination in Bath.

President of the Willcox Construction Company, with headquarters at
No. 1 Bridge Plaza, Long Island City, Ralph Edward Mashiell is numbered
among the progressive citizens of this flourishing community. He is a
native of Long Island, and was born at Astoria, February 2, 1895, one of
the five children of William and Emily (Knouer) Maskiell.

In the public schools Mr. Maskiell secured his first academic
instruction, which he continued in Bryant High School, and in 1911, at
the age of sixteen years, began his business career, with E. H. Robbins
& Sons, bonds, New York City. In 1918, as inspector for the Texas
Oil Company, he came into contact with the Turner construction company,
and formed a connection with this organization. As superintendent for
the Turner company he had charge of construction, and assisted in the
building of a number of reinforced concrete ship hulls, which later were
condemned for maritime use by the United States Government because of
the porous nature of the substance. The experiment with concrete hulls,
while interesting, has never proved successful. In 1920 Mr. Maskiell
organized the Willcox Construction Company of Long Island City, and as
chief executive has directed the affairs of this concern most
successfully through the years succeeding. Among the company's clients
have been such well-known organizations as the Long Island City
"Daily Star," the Cassidy Company, Community Church of Jackson
heights, Crane Company, A. C. Horn & Company, Swift & Company,
Simmons & Company, and numerous others. Within the last few years
(1928) construction work executed by Mr. Maskiell's organization has
totaled several millions of dollars.

Mr. Maskiell is affiliated fraternally with the Free and Accepted
Masons, as member of Lodge No. 999, and Bayside Alton chapter, Royal
Arch Masons; and with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Lodge
No. 878. He is an active member of the Rotary club of Queens, chairman
of the membership committee of the Queens Chamber of Commerce, and
member of the chamber's board of directors. He is a member also of the
Shelter Rock County Club, and the Long Island Real Estate Board.

On December 20, 9121, Mr. Maskiell was united in marriage with Helen
Richardson, daughter of William and Ellen Richardson, of Astoria. Both
Mr. and Mrs. Maskiell are communicants of the Methodist Church, of
Flushing, and reside in Flushing, at No. 4022 One Hundred and
Fifth-eighth Street. Mr. Maskiell has his offices at No. 1 Bridge Plaza,
Long Island City.

WILLIAM JOSEPH MALONEY

Born in Brooklyn, May 22, 1886, William Joseph Maloney secured a
sound academic training in the public schools and began his career
without delay. His first position was with Calhoun Robbins, dry goods,
410 Broadway, new York City, as stock clerk. Later, he became connected
with the New York Department of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity, and
in 1905, only nineteen years of age, secured employment in the
Department of Finance, New York City. In this department he has
continued through the years succeeding until the present time (1928),
and now has his office at No. 18 Court Street, Long Island City. close
attention to work charged to him, minute application o detail no matter
how small or seemingly unimportant, brought him quick recognition soon
after 1905; his ability and tremendous capacity for continuous industry
brought promotion, and today he is head of the Receiver of Taxes Office,
Long Island City. Endowed liberally with those attributes which tend to
enrich one in friendship, Mr.. Maloney's friends are legion. His is a
pleasant personality, seldom encountered as complement to talent so
marked. Modest as to his achievements in civic endeavors and in other
directions which are not noted here, his modesty is not of that form
which is tinged with ego. Those closest to Mr. Maloney predict added
accomplishments of import to his career. While the affairs of a busy
life have exacted of his time and effort, Mr. Maloney has not failed to
act the part of a public-spirited citizen. A Democrat, his influence
politically has been exercised to the good of the people at large.
Fraternally, he is affiliated with the Knights of Columbus, and he is a
member of the Democratic Club of Queens. As a communicant of the
Catholic church, his conduct both public and private has been exemplary.

In Brooklyn, on February 3, 1913, Mr. Maloney was united in marriage
with Elizabeth Reilly, daughter of Bernard and Mary Reilly. Mr. Reilly
was engaged in business as grocer, in Columbia Street, Brooklyn. Mr. and
Mrs. Maloney are the parents of six children, and

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they reside at No. 462 Beach 126th Street, Belle Harbor,
Long Island.

CHARLES McMILLAN

One of the eldest and longest established firms in Kingston is the
ship chandler business conducted at present by Charles McMillan. The
business was begun in 1849, about the time when the gold rush in
California was attracting thousands to the Pacific Coast. Donald
McMillan came to this country from Scotland in 1849 and, finding his way
to Kingston, situated on the Hudson River at the mouth of Rondout Creek,
he saw the opportunity for supplying the ships that carried on the trade
of this great State and opened his business to fill their needs.
Kingston at the time was one of the important river ports, and its old
State House, built in 1676, where the first Legislature of new York held
its session, gave an aspect of dignity and stability to the place. Here
the McMillan business fitted in with exactly what was needed to make the
place more of a trading point and here the ships have come for supplies
ever since. Donald McMillan was succeeded by his son, Archibald
McMillan, who ran the business according to lines and policies
established by his father; but, realizing the developments of all
methods in the mechanical and commercial world, he progressed with his
business. In the meantime, Kingston was growing and increasing her
advantages to her citizens by her institutions of learning, her
foundries and factories, and Mr. McMillan, as a citizen, had his part in
all of these affairs. He was active until the time of his death in 1897.
The business then descended to his son, Charles McMillan, who for
fifteen years ran it as his forefathers had done. Since then, Mr.
McMillan has been interest in the river shipping trade.

Charles McMillan was born in Kingston, New York, on August 31, 1874,
the son of Archibald and Sarah Martha McMillan. He was brought up in the
town of his birth, where he took advantage of the educational facilities
and competed a course at the Ulster Academy in Kingston, where he
graduated in 1897. In the following year, 1898, when this country
entered into war with Spain, Charles Macmillan answered the call to the
colors and enlisted in the First New York Infantry from Kingston. He
entered as a private, and in the course of the war he was sent to
Hawaii, where he did garrison duty at Honolulu for seven months. In all
he was in service about eighteen months. This was an interesting and
valuable experience for a young man in those day and from its lessons
Mr. McMillan has added to his general education. He is a member of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars. In his political affiliations, he has been a
staunch Republican and is always among the active members of that party
during a political campaign. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal
Church.

At Kingston, in 1903, Charles McMillan married Katherine Roos,
daughter of A. M. and Ages (Clinton) Roos. Mr. Roos kept a hotel at
Kingston, coming here form Gardiner, Ulster County, new York. Mr. and
Mrs. McMillan had one child, Charles, who was born in 1905 and died in
1924. He was a graduate of the Kingston High School.

The History of New York State,
Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1927